The Optional Type API

Java 8 introduces the Optional class. In a nutshell, instead of returning null, and then checking for null, you return…

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5 Features In Java 8 That WILL Change How You Code

Java 8 is packed full of some really exciting features at both the JVM and language level. While some of…

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Happy 8th Birthday Java!

It’s been another longer journey but yesterday, exactly two years, seven months, and eighteen days after the release of Java…

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JavaSE 7,8: Determining Views Supported by a Particular File System

If you have questions about a file or a directory, such as whether it is hidden, whether it is a…

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Java EE 8 : What does the community want?

Following the earlier two community surveys, the first announced in December 2013 and the second in January 2014, Oracle calls…

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Java 8 Friday Goodies: SQL ResultSet Streams

At Data Geekery, we love Java. And as we’re really into jOOQ’s fluent API and query DSL, we’re absolutely thrilled…

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Java 8 : What do developers think?

Since Java 8 releasement countdown is starting, Java developers seem certainly ready to get involved. According to a survey in…

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Java 8 Friday Goodies: Easy-as-Pie Local Caching

At Data Geekery, we love Java. And as we’re really into jOOQ’s fluent API and query DSL, we’re absolutely thrilled…

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What’s new in Java 8 – Date API

With the final release of Java 8 around the corner, one of the new features I’m excited about is the…

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